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There are some very good examples of local authorities going the extra mile in involving communities—East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire have done very well—but some other councils are not at that level.
I have written to the SPFL about its lack of consideration for families, who will be expected to travel back to Edinburgh from Glasgow at 10 pm on a Sunday night—and the position could be worse if the game goes to extra time or penalties. Given the 7.45 pm kick-off time, does the minister share my concern that Hearts fans in my constituency will be lucky to...
In the early years of a programme, while plans are being put in place and recruitment of extra staff is taking place, less money will be spent than will be spent in the later years of that programme.
The cabinet secretary will be aware that GMB Scotland recently commented that, “Due to staff shortages and extra demands that are being placed on them, many hard working hospital staff are struggling to cope and sadly for many of them they need to take time off to recover.”
Even those who cited some baseless prediction of extra tax being generated in the economy produced no robust evidence about how much would flow to the Scottish Government and how much would flow to the UK Treasury, and added to that is the lack of any clear position about the impact of the policy on the environment.
That is why, by the end of this parliamentary session, we will have increased spending on primary care services to 11 per cent of the front-line national health service budget. We will deliver an extra £0.5 billion for building a genuine community health service with general practice at its heart.
The reality is that increased vacancies and cuts in our health service are only adding extra pressure to already overstretched NHS staff, one in 20 of whom are on sick leave at any one time.
First, this Government has protected 1,000 extra police officers on the streets of Scotland, while the Conservatives south of the border have decimated police numbers on the streets of England.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of a member of the public recently accessing the Parliament's roof, whether it plans to implement extra security measures. S4O-03085